Which blogs should one read to be most up to date, i.e., to quickly know about important stories that propagate over the blogosphere?

The answer will vary depending on how you ask their model the question, i.e., what criteria you give it. You will, for instance, get a different answers depending how quickly you want to find out about an event or how much time you have to read blogs and posts.

The Top 100 list that making the rounds of the blogosphere now is based on 2006 data and answers this question:

If I can read 100 blogs, which should I read to be most up to date? Unit cost (each blogs costs 1), optimizing population affected (PA, we want to be the first to know with many many people coming in the cascade after us)

The Modulator staff is thrilled to be ranked #7 on this list which we provide in full for your reading pleasure:

Check out all these fine blogs. Quite a few of them are posting about this study. The linked Technorati search will give you a much more up to date list than I can maintain here. And, well, I've already linked to the top 100...

NB: Many thanks to all the Friday Ark participants in 2006 who, I suspect, played an important role in Modulator's high ranking.

I am new to Modulator so I don't know much. But of course this feels like a top 100 site and it appears it is a top 10. I just opened a carnival this week. Let's see where I'll be in three years. Nice job!